7/100
#2,459 nationally
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center
200 Medical Park Boulevard, Petersburg, VA 23805 · (804) 765-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bon Secours Southside Medical Center billed $11.40 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 11.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #61
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
367 | $153,513 | $14,722 | +135% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $53,946 | $2,365 | +178% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
167 | $102,347 | $9,754 | +136% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $81,837 | $2,796 | +224% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $123,980 | $11,471 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $23,682 | $1,314 | +135% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $38,845 | $2,997 | +88% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $36,173 | $2,733 | +89% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $27,585 | $1,726 | +113% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $101,501 | $9,803 | +118% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,218 | $1,656 | +276% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,837 | $2,796 | +224% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,102 | $1,477 | +208% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,862 | $4,859 | +206% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$116,706 | $7,362 | +183% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$134,772 | $9,684 | +178% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,946 | $2,365 | +178% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$123,828 | $10,189 | +162% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$51,598 | $10,543 | +43% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$106,230 | $12,613 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,588 | $1,394 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,812 | $3,010 | +58% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$59,763 | $7,462 | +58% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$427,420 | $47,217 | +59% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$48,698 | $5,873 | +59% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$304,346 | $32,759 | +70% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.